Tension Mounts Over Reciprocity in Senate and Exposition
In Roubaix crowds welcome aviators at the international aviation race with Vedrines leading for a $3000 prize. In Washington, D.C. the Senate debates the reciprocity measure amid procedural confusion, delays, and protests as supporters insist on linking tariff bills to reciprocity while President Taft’s position is noted.
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Associated Press
Roubaix
France
Areadome
Vedrines
Aviation Committee
Brueeels
Senate
Sherman
Nelson
Bristow
Clapp
Bailey
Stone
Bacon
Penrose
Pon Roré
Finance Committee
Smoot
Taft
Friends of
Borah
United States
Dismissals Recommended in State Department Probe
Washington June 28. A subcommittee report recommends removing United States Consul William C. Michael of Calcutta and disbursing clerk Thomas Morrison after the Day portrait voucher investigation. Michael formerly served as chief clerk of the department.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Consel
William C. Michael
Calcutta
Thomas Morrison
State Department
House Committee of Expenditures
Mich’ Pel
Oklahoma railroads require real names on liquor tag books
Oklahoma City June 28 Railroads and express companies in Oklahoma now keep tag books recording all intoxicating liquor shipments by consignee real names and addresses. The records, required by the prohibition law, may be used in court to prove ownership and quantities received. Some carriers question interstate shipment legality while complying, with a federal case in St. Louis testing carrier duties and shipment acceptance.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
John Doe
Richard Doe
United States Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Supreme Court favors Eufaula. Swanson county dissolved
The Oklahoma Supreme Court disposed of two county seat contests, upholding the lower court in dissolving Swanson county after Governor Haskell proclaimed its creation. The court ruled that executive recognition did not grant legal status to a new county and affirmed the referees in McIntosh and Delaware cases. Jay was upheld as the county seat in Delaware County, and Checotah’s challenge to Eufaula over McIntosh was rejected.
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Oklahoma City
Supreme Court Tiesting
District Court
Comanche County
Swanson
Sanson County
Haskell
Swanson County
Supreme Court
Grove and Jay
Delaware County
Jay
Sewage and Water Problems Discussed by Expert
Dr. Arthur Lederer of the Chicago Sanitary District warns that few large cities have solved sewage and water issues. He says rivers often remain unsafe for drinking and that pollution is an interstate matter needing cooperative action. Small towns ignore the problem until smells arise and many face funding and expertise shortages.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Arthur Lederer
Sanitary District of
Chicago
American Medical Association
Lederer
United States
State Boards of Health
Middle West
Revised woolen schedule faces Senate clash
Washington notes describe a Senate clash over the revised woolen schedule with Gore urging referral for reporting by July 10. The fight involved stand-patters, adjournment motions, and a finance committee report adverse to both the wool bill and the farmer's free list. A Pottsville poll shows Wilson gaining momentum in 1912-style party dynamics.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Penrose
Finance Committee
Free
Friends of Reciprocity
House of Representatives
Gore
I T
Woodrow Wilson
Pottsville
Chronicle
Wilson
Clark
Roosevelt
LaFollette
Marmon
Washington Times
Martin
Williams
Cummins
Ferguson Says He Saw McBrine On Train
Oklahoma City report says Walter Ferguson, Cherokee Republican editor and son of ex Governor Ferguson, told the Oklahoma News he rode with W E McBrine on a Pennsylvania 24 hour New York train between St Louis and Cincinnati two weeks earlier. McBrine, former chief clerk to Auditor Trapp, had vanished four weeks ago amid fears of foul play.
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Oklahoma City
W. BE. McBrine
Walter Ferguson
Cherokee
Cherokee Republican
Ferguson
Oklahoma News
McBrine
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania
New York
Fison
Trapp
Toledo
Ohio
Washington, D. C
Meyer
State Auditor
State Examiner
State
Haskell
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